On behalf of the world`s children, these rhymed reflections are presented:<\/i><\/p>\n
As children, we are happy to know that we have the right to play
\nso please, adults, also take seriously what we now want to say<\/p>\n
As children, we are told that we have the right to a family life of dignity
\nso please, adults, show that of LOVE in your family there`s no scarcity<\/p>\n
As children, we are told that we have the right to be guided
\nso please, adults \u00a0be kind when you want us to be chided<\/p>\n
As children, we are told we will be educated to be productive
\nso please, adults, help our education also to be constructive<\/p>\n
As children, we are told we have the right our creativity to enhance
\nso please, adults, help \u00a0our global citizenship responsibility advance<\/p>\n
As children, we are told we have the right to be taught what is known
\nso please, adults, help us be strong and never to fear \u00a0the unknown<\/p>\n
As children, we are told we have the right to a life of spirituality
\nso please, adults, \u00a0provide us with that soul-supporting possibility<\/p>\n
As children, we know that to a world of violence and killing we are exposed
\nso please, adults, fulfill your human rights obligation:<\/p>\n
A Nonkilling World Should Be Globally Proposed.<\/b><\/p>\n
_____________________________<\/p>\n
Francisco Gomes de Matos is a peace linguist and human rights educator from Recife-Brazil, author,<\/em> among others, of the book<\/i> Nurturing Nonkilling: A Poetic Plantation (2010, Center for Global Nonkilling, Honolulu-Hawai\u2019i). Downloadable at www.nonkilling.org<\/a>. Co-founder: The World Dignity University Initiative.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On behalf of the world`s children, these rhymed reflections are presented:
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